Dela Rosa denies Alejano’s claim on war on drug’s 'pattern'

Dela Rosa denies Alejano’s claim on war on drug’s 'pattern'

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Ronald Dela Rosa shoot down on Saturday, February 17, the claim of Magdalo representative Gary Alejano that there is a pattern in the PNP’s anti illegal drugs operations.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Alejano showed a graphical analysis of the 1,005 spot reports of the deaths of 1,671 suspected drug personalities from July 2016 to September 2017. He said the spot reports which is 26 percent of the 3,850 drug personality death cases was sent to his office by the PNP.

Alejano concluded that there was a pattern in the PNP war on drugs and that it is being conducted during night time, that policemen are usually recovering unlicensed calibre .38 revolver from the “nanlaban” suspect and that illegal drugs come in sachets.

The Congressman also claim that there may be cases of planting of evidences against the killed drug suspects.

"The conduct of operation during these hours could provide concealment to our police personnel for improved apprehension of drug suspects, or maybe the PNP purposely chose to conduct operations during these inconspicuous hours to conceal their activities from witnesses," Alejano said.